VISITING VICARAGE

AWAY FANS GUIDE ROAD. 2019/20 WELCOME TO

THE HOME OF FC

Thank you for choosing to come and watch You’ll find details on transport and parking, as your team at Watford FC. We are keen that your well as a Vicarage Road Stadium plan, and visit to Vicarage Road will be as enjoyable as information on where you can get your hands possible, so we have put together this guide to on the matchday programme. give you all the information we think you might need. Please browse the information in this guide, and we hope you enjoy your visit to Vicarage Road. GETTING TO VICARAGE ROAD

P P P BY CAR PARKING BY TRAIN

Directions to the Church Car There is no parking available for AND TUBE Park. fans at the ground and street The nearest station is Watford High parking is restricted for local Street, a 10-minute walk away From the North or East, join the residents with matchday permits. from the ground. Watford Junction M25 and exit at Junction 20. Watford General Hospital ensure train station is about a 20-minute Take the first exit onto the A41 to that their security and parking walk. Watford also has its own Watford. At the next roundabout, staff monitor the entrances to Underground tube station, take the second exit onto A411 the hospital carparks to prevent which is on the (Hempstead Road). Continue supporters from parking on- and is situated just under one mile along Hempstead Road until you site. Watford town centre has from Vicarage Road. reach the town centre. At the several car parks, the easiest of large roundabout take the second which for access to Vicarage exit feeding into the inner ring Road is Church Car Park (WD18 road, which is a oneway system. 0JD) on the inside of the ring- Stay in the righthand lane and road, opposite the turn-off into follow the Ring Road until you see Vicarage Road. All town centre the entrance to the Church car car parks are within a 10-minute park on your right hand side. walk of Vicarage Road. Parking is also available at Gade Car From the South or West, join the Park (WD18 0JX) and Sutton Car M25 and exit at Junction 19. At the Park (WD17 2PS). A 25% discount end of the link road, take the third is available to all season ticket exit onto A411 (Hempstead Road) holders and match day buyers Once on Hempstead Road, follow at Church, Gade and Sutton car the directions detailed above. parks. Please visit www.citipark. co.uk/pages/watford-fc for details From , join the M1 of how to apply. and exit at Junction 5. Take the second exit onto the A4008. Cross the first roundabout, then take the second exit at the next towards the town centre. At the traffic lights, turn left onto the inner ring road at the T-junction and filter across to the right-hand lane. Follow the Ring Road until you see the entrance to the Church car park on your right hand side.

If travelling to the stadium on a non-matchday, follow any of the directions above and stay in the left hand lane when reaching the ring-road until you see the sign for Vicarage Road.

The clubs postcode is WD18 0ER VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN?

HERE ARE A FEW LOCAL HOTELS

TRAVELODGE WATFORD CENTRAL 23-25 Market Street, Watford WD18 0PA 0871 984 6320 visit website

0.4 miles from Vicarage Road Stadium

BEST WESTERN WHITEHOUSE HOTEL 27-31 Upton Rd, Watford WD18 0JF 0844 387 6197 visit website

0.5 miles from Vicarage Road Stadium

JURYS INN LONDON WATFORD Clarendon Road, Watford, WD17 1JA 01923 422800 visit website

0.6 miles from Vicarage Road Stadium

PREMIER INN WATFORD CENTRAL 69 Water Ln, Watford WD17 2NJ 0871 527 9140 visit website

0.7 miles from Vicarage Road Stadium

HOLIDAY INN WATFORD JUNCTION 65-67 Clarendon Rd, Watford WD17 1DS 01923 227274 visit website

0.9 miles from Vicarage Road Stadium VICARAGE ROAD

After Attending, Please visit Disabled supporters should aim for the VICARAGE ROADIE information point where www.pldag.co.uk/projects/away-survey-links the matchday meet and greet team are situated. They are dressed in green hi-vis jackets to leave us your feedback and will escort supporters to the appropriate accessible entrances. DROPPED KERB DROPPED TICKET GATE TURNSTILES GATE TURNSTILES GATE VICARAGE COLLECTIONS 10 1920 9 151 ROADIES ROW Y ROW Y ROW Y i GT WC LOWERED COUNTER STEP FREE 1 10 ACCESS THE OCCUPATION ROAD AMBULANT AREA VRS2 VRS1 VRS1 HORNETS 86 78 ROW A ROW A ROW A SHOP 8 STEPS TO SEATS 74 SEATS 47 44 SEATS 17 14 SEATS HANDRAILS 1 WC PROVIDED ROW LL ROW LL ROW LL

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OUR TEAM OF ‘VICARAGE ROADIES’ LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO THE VICARAGE ROAD STADIUM.

Who are the Vicarage Roadies? What Do We Do?

The Vicarage Roadies are here to meet and Anything we can to help is the easy answer. greet supporters coming to Watford Football As Hornets supporters, we know a lot about Club on match days. We are a team of the Club, the town and the stadium. In the volunteer Watford fans who aim to enhance unlikely event we can’t help you we will find the supporter experience by offering advice someone who can. and support to all visitors to Vicarage Road. Our role is different to match day stewards. Most of the Roadies have been Hornets for We have more time to chat with fans and years, the one thing we all have in common are dedicated to offering everyone the is our desire to go that extra mile and give warmest welcome to our ground. all supporters the best possible matchday experience. How Can We Help You?

How and Where Can You Find Us? Our team will provide help, guidance and the answers to any questions you might During your visit we hope you will get to have when you arrive at the Stadium. To meet and interact with some of our Roadie us no problem is insurmountable, whatever Team. Our team can be found on the you might need, from assistance for those approaches to and around Vicarage Road needing support to access the stadium, Stadium from at least 90 minutes before to away match ticket collection and kick-off, and we have an information point everything in between. No task is too great at the North-East corner of the stadium. or small! Just come and find us, ask us and You’ll easily spot us dressed in our bright we will do all we can. As it says on our green ‘Roadie Jackets’ with cheerful smiling Roadie jackets, we’re ‘HERE TO HELP’ faces. CATERING AT

AT VICARAGE ROAD STADIUM

Welcome to Vicarage Road Stadium! You won’t have to look far to get your food to keep you going through the match – make sure you try the pies, we are exclusive to Watford F.C. so you won’t find one other ground in the whole football league that sells the same ones! - and for the vegetarians, the vegan sausage rolls are tastier than the meat ones!

We look forward to serving you soon

HOT FOOD SNACKS & DRINKS

Sausage Bap £5 Crisps £2 Bacon Bap £5 Chocolate Bars £2 Sausage Roll £4 Sausage Roll Vegan £4 Cold Drinks £2.50 Hot Pies £5 Coffee / Tea £3 MATCHDAY PROGRAMMES

No visit to Vicarage Road is complete without games for younger fans – the matchday picking up a copy of the matchday programme programme really is a must-have purchase for all – available at the stadium before every Watford supporters. home game. The 100-page programme costs £3.50 to Featuring an exclusive column from the Watford purchase and is available from The Hornets Shop Head Coach, in-depth interviews with players as well as various vendors situated around the past and present, a detailed look at the Hornets’ stadium. You can also request a digital version opponents, all the on-pitch and behind-the- by emailing: [email protected] scenes club news, as well as fun quizzes and DISABLED SUPPORTERS INFORMATION

VIEWING AREAS Sight’ headsets which allow visually im- There are 30 wheelchair spaces and 20 paired supporters to hear an audio com- Amenity/Easy Access spaces available in mentary provided by volunteers from the visitor’s section at Vicarage Road. the Watford Hospital Radio team. Visiting supporters are asked to email STADIUM ACCESS [email protected] or Disabled supporters should aim for the call our ticket office hotline on 01923 ‘Vicarage Roadie’ Information Point next 223023 with their name and seat number to the Hornets Shop, on arrival. Support- to book a headset at no additional cost, ers should then approach Watford’s ‘Vic- which will be delivered to their seat be- arage Roadies’ match day meet and fore kick-off and collected at the end of greet team, who are dressed in bright the match. green hi-vis jackets and will be stationed outside the stadium from 1pm onwards CAR PARKING on the day. The ‘Roadies’ team will be A limited number of wheelchair parking happy to escort supporters to the appro- bays and spaces for ambulant disabled priate accessible entrances and on to supporters can be booked in advance. the away sections of the stadium. To book a space, please call our ticket office hotline on 01923 223023 or email DROPPED KERBS your request to disabled.supporters@wat- Visiting supporters in wheelchairs are ad- fordfc.com. Spaces are subject to avail- vised that there are two dropped kerbs ability and maps showing access routes along Vicarage Road itself, in front of for each car park can be provided on the Hornets Shop on the East side of the request. A drop off point is also available. stadium and next to the Hospital Access Road on the West side of the Stadium. ACCESS STATEMENT Commentary for supporters with visual Please visit www.watfordfc.com/disa- impairments bledsupporters for our full access state- Watford FC has a number of ‘Soccer ment. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

STADIUM ENTRY um. All bottles will be opened to check Turnstiles will open 90 minutes before kick- contents before entry. Bottle tops will be off. In order to meet our security obliga- able to remain on any drinks that are tions, we advise that you arrive no later taken into the stadium. Flasks are discour- than 45 minutes before kick-off to avoid aged, contents will also be checked be- any potential delays. All supporters will be fore entry. searched prior to entry into the ground. TABLETS, LAPTOPS, CAMERAS SUPPORTER MEETING POINT AND MOBILE PHONES The officially designated ‘away’ pub is Tablets and Laptops can be brought into The Oddfellows, 14 Fearnley Street, WD18 the stadium but must be placed in a suit- 0RD. able bag. Large cameras are not permit- ted. All electronic devices must not be BAGS AND LUGGAGE used for filming and supporters may be We politely request that you avoid bring- ejected, if identified. ing large bags as these may not be al- lowed into the ground. A left luggage FLAGS AND BANNERS facility for cabin style luggage is available Flags and banners are not allowed inside at the stadium, prior permission must be the stadium unless express permission has sought as space is limited and all lug- been granted by the Operations Manag- gage will be searched on arrival. Please er contact [email protected] for more details and to obtain permission. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS Have you got a question we haven’t answered in this guide? Please contact BOTTLES AND FLASKS [email protected] or call 01923- Plastic bottles are allowed into the stadi- 496000 and select option 0.